Exam question 2 · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

Identify the principal reason for which a player who will miss practice informs the coach in advance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, player · What happens: identify, miss, inform · To what, where: principal reason, practice, coach, advance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 informs	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 player	det
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informs	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 miss	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 miss	aux
11	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 player	acl:relcl
12	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 miss	obj
13	informs	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coach	det
15	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informs	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 advance	case
17	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 informs	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	miss	future	a player	practice			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=Stimulus
3	inform speech: other	present	a player	the coach	advance	for the principal reason	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

The coach must record absences for payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 record	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 record	aux
4	record	record	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	absences	absence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 record	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 payment	case
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	must	the coach	absences				for payment	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absence=Theme

Option 2

Absence is otherwise unlawful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlawful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unlawful	cop
3	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	4 unlawful	advmod
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Absence					otherwise, unlawful property	tree rules

Option 3

The coach will then cancel the practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancel	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cancel	aux
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 cancel	advmod
5	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 practice	det
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	future	the coach	the practice			then		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The team plans around who will attend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plans	nsubj
3	plans	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	around	around	ADV	_	3 plans	advmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 attend	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 attend	aux
7	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 plans	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan around	present	the team					around property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	attend not said to happen	future							vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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